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SOURCE:
31st Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 20.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, FOR THE YEAR 1849. PART II. AGRICULTURE.
WASHINGTON: OFFICE OF PRINTERS TO HOUSE OF REPS. 1850.

Pages 521& 523:
MASSACHUSETTS.
COMMERCE OF BOSTON.
The Boston Shipping List, of the 2d inst., contains its usual annual statement of the business of that port for the year 1849, from which we gather such facts as will most interest the general reader.

 HEMP
The imports have been as follows:

Tons.

Bales.

From Russia

1,248

---

From Manilla

---

28,005

From New Orleans

---

6,191

From Other Places

171

3,462

Total - 1849

1,419

37,658

Total - 1848

1,322

51,285

Total - 1847

928

45,834

Pages 537-538
IMPORTS INTO NEW ORLEANS FROM THE INTERIOR .
COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1.
   

 1849

1848

Hemp

bales,

9,249

10,324

Page 545
COMMERCE OF BUFFALO.
Lake Imports at Buffalo, for a Series of Years.
The principal articles received at this point via the lake, from the opening to the close of navigation, for the past three years, were as follows: -
 

 1847

1848

1849

Hemp -bales

1,062

865

414

Page 547
TRADE OF TOLEDO.
List of imports and Exports, and their Value, for the Port of Toledo, 1849

Articles.

Quantity.

Value

Hemp

80,230 pounds

$7,220

Page 549
BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF ERIE.
The Erie Gazette furnishes the following statement of the Shipments and Receipts at this port, during the year 1849: -

SHIPMENTS.

Hemp

lbs.

12,672

Page 566
COMMERCE OF ST. LOUIS.
Estimated Value of thirty-one of the leading Articles of Produce received at the Port of St. Louis, for the years 1848 and 1849, commencing on the 1st of January and ending on the 31st of December, with Total Valuation.

Articles.

1849.

1848.

Total Valuation.

Agg. Amount.

Average Rate.

Estimated Value.

Agg. Amount.

Av'ge Rate.

Estimated Value.
Hemp - tons

9,258

$110

ton

$1,018,380

9,454

$85

802,590

$1,820,970

SOURCE:
34th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 12.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, FOR THE YEAR 1855. AGRICULTURE.
WASHINGTON: CORNELIUS WENDELL, PRINTER. 1856.

 

Page 399
Statement of the quantity and estimated value of articles of merchandisee, of domestic growth and manufacture, exported from Oswego, New York, in the year ending December 31, 1855: by E.B. Talcott, Collector of Customs.

ARTICLES

Am't conveyed coastward by river or canal

Am't conveyed coastward by railroad or by land

Am't shipped to foreign ports.

Total amount.

Av'rage prices

Valuation.

 Hemp, common - pounds

---

10,000

---

10,000

$0.10

$1,000

Page 403
Statement of the quantity and estimated value of articles of merchandisee, of domestic growth and manufacture, exported from New York, in the year ending December 31, 1855: by H.J. Redfield, Collector of Customs.

ARTICLES

Am't shipped to foreign ports.

Valuation.

 Hemp, common - pounds

60,400

$6,546

Page 411
Statement of the quantity and estimated value of articles of merchandisee, of domestic growth and manufacture, exported from Lewiston, New York, in the year ending December 31, 1855: by A.V.E. Hotchkiss, Collector of Customs.

ARTICLES

Am't shipped to foreign ports.

Average prices

Valuation.

 Hemp, common - pounds

423

$8.44

$3,570

Page 414
Abstract of agricultural products, domestic and farm animals, &c., in Indiana, as returned by the severalTownship Assessors, June 1, 1855: by B. Collins, Secretary of State.

ARTICLES

Amount.

Valuation.

Hemp - tons

326

$1,831

Pages 429-472
Summary statement of the estimated quantities and valuation of the principal exports of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, during the fiscal years, ending 1826 through 1855 [Condensed from the Annual Report on Commerce and Navigation.]

YEAR

Flax and Hemp - Cloth and thread

Flax and Hemp - Bags, and all other manufactures

 Hemp
 

Valuation.

Valuation.

 Number and quantities - cwt

Valuation

1826

$2,937

$5,444
    

1827

11,084

5,364
    

1828

5,335

3,365
    

1829

2,166

14,954
    

1830

2,152

1,779
    

1831

231

2,599
    

1832

1,570

2,685
    

1833

5,964

18,985
    

1834

4,889

6,162
    

1835

795

1,575
    

1836 

6,720 

7,385
    

1837

18,422

29,898
    

1838

1,244

2,146
    

1839

2,010

2,047
    

1840

7,114

1,128
    

1841

2,764

10,636
    

1842
  

1,038
    

1843
  

326
    

1844
  

311
    

1845

950

13,812
    

1846

1,364

10,765
    

1847

477

5,305
    

1848

495

6,218

5,085

$27,657

1849

1,009

4,549

621

8,458

1850

1,183

10,593

787

5,633

1851

1,647

6,376

4,769

29,114

1852

5,468

8,154

3,067

18,649

1853

2,924

13,860

2,413

18,195

1854

24,456

55,261

9,210

93,699

1855

2,506

34,002

13,289

121,320
         

SOURCE:
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1873. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1874.

 

Pages 68-70
TEXTILE FIBERS
The following statement of production of various fibers, at three decennial enumerations, is compiled from census reports:
 States and Territories

HEMP - in tons

1850

1860

1870

 Maine

50

New Hampshire
  

81
  

Massachusetts
    

2

Connecticut
  

3
  

New York

4

5

6

New Jersey

430

5

Pennsylvania

44

46

571

 Maryland

63

272
  

Virginia

139

15

31

North Carolina

39

3,016
  

South Carolina
  

1
  

Mississippi

7
  

3

Texas
  

179

5

Arkansas

15

447
  

Tennessee

595

2,243

1,033

West Virginia
    

37

Kentucky

17,787

39,409

7,777

Ohio

150

1,212

25

Michigan
  

776
  

Indiana
  

4,222

22

Illinois
  

1,502

174

Wisconsin
  

356
  

Minnesota
  

109
  

Iowa
  

651

4

Missouri

16,028

19,267

2,816

Kansas

44

35
  

Nebraska

9
  

Oregon
  

1
  

California 

200

Utah
  

114
  

Total

34,871

74,493

12,746

Page 86
STATEMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE MANUFACTURES, FOR THE FIVE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1873

 Articles.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.
 

Quantity.

Value.

Quantity.

Value.

Quantity.

Value.

 Quantity.

Value.

Hemp, unmanufactured - cwt.

6,723

$117,137

4,581

$104,261

5,266

$135,714

4,557

$110,880

Hemp, cordage, cables &c - do.

14,326

218,496

10,207
 190,946

9,918

195,901

14,960

275,100

Hemp, other manufactures

 67,035

85,066
 114,869

170,725

Page 142
BRITISH FOREIGN TRADE.
Quantities of principal exports for three years.

 Articles.

1868

1869

1870

Hemp - do.

42,853

49,669

52,145


Page 142
FRENCH EXPORTS.
(Valued in British Pounds)

 Articles.

1872.

1871.

Increase.

Tissues, hemp and flax

913,120

744,040

169,080

Hemp and flax twists

380,360

271,720

108,640

Cords, (hemp)

134,160

112,480

21,680

SOURCE:
52D Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No 204.
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH FOREIGH COUNTRIES
DURING THE YEARS 1890 AND 1891.

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CONSULS OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE COMMERCE, MANUFACTURE, INDUSTRIES, ETC., OF THEIR SEVERAL DISTRICTS FOR THE ABOVE YEARS.
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1895.

                           
 

 COUNTRY

ITEM

I/E

YEAR

QUANT

UOM

VALUE

 UOM

OTHER

PG #

NOTES
                         
 

 AUSTRIA - HUNGARY
 HEMP SEED I 1889 15,656  METER CENTER (220 POUNDS) 140,904  SILVER OR PAPER FLORINS = $0.40. 3  DUTIES COLLECTED: FREE    
  " HEMP " " 75,133 " 2,382,862  "   5 DUTIES: FREE    
  " FLAX AND HEMP YARNS " " 12,275 " 1,940,084  "   " DUTIES COLLECTED = 51,376    
  " HEMP E " 35,554 " 864,470  "   8      
  " FLAX, HEMP, ALL OTHER VEGETABLE SPINNING STUFFS, YARNS AND GOODS THEREOF I 1885    21,957,248  "    10      
  " " " 1886   23,045,502 "   "      
  " " " 1887   20,012,544 "   "      
  " "   " 1888   20,387,983 "   "      
  " "   " 1889   18,654,485 "   "      
   " "   E 1885   18,779,181 "   11      
  " "   " 1886   19,127,006 "   "      
  " "   " 1887   17,669,160 "   "      
  " "   " 1889   15,004,347 "   "      
  " HEMP   E 1890   8,091.36 "   12 TO U.S. FROM TRIESTE    
   " "   E 1890     7,447.26 "   33 "    
  AUSTRIA-HUNGARY; TRIESTE HEMP   I 1890 24,322  QUINTALS       19 FROM ITALY, TURKEY, RUSSIA, INDIA, GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIAN PORTS    
  " "   E " 7,351 "       24 TO ABOVE AND GREECE, U.S., BRAZIL, HAMBURG, FRANCE, ROUMANIA    
  BELGIUM HEMP, AND FLAX FIBERS   E 1889     26,077 $   37 AMOUNT OF DECREASE IN EXPORTS TO THE U.S.    
  " "   E 1888     33,582 "   39 TO U.S. - GENERAL COMMERCE    
  " "   " 1889     3,474 "   " "    
  " "   I 1888     5,018 "   " FROM U.S. - GENERAL COMMERCE    
  " "   " 1889     3,088 "   " "    
  " "   E 1888     27,985 "   40 TO U.S. - SPECIAL COMMERCE    
  " "   " 1889     1,008 "   " "    
  " "   I 1888     11,194 "   " FROM U.S. - SPECIAL COMMERCE    
  " "   " 1889     7,720 "   " "    
  "